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The case of Jamie Alvarez and Veronica Manrique, filed on October 31, 2024, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, encapsulates a poignant narrative of a marriage seeking legal dissolution. Alvarez, 62, and Manrique, 32, both Chicago residents, entered into marriage on March 7, 2024. However, by April of the same year, their relationship had begun a descent into irreconcilable disarray, leading to the couple’s separation and subsequent petition for divorce. The court documents outline that no children were born or adopted during their brief union, nor did they accumulate shared real estate or significant marital property. According to the petition, both parties have already divided their possessions equitably and possess no marital debts, while both remain unemployed.
Alvarez, represented by law student Rayna Klatt and supervising attorney Robert Zielinski of Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, invokes the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act in requesting a formal dissolution of marriage. The petition seeks to forego maintenance, dividing legal and attorney’s fees independently, with each party responsible for personal expenses incurred during the proceedings. In closing, the filing underscores the absence of any pending petitions in other jurisdictions and requests that the court issue a fair and just conclusion to the marriage, now fundamentally broken.
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